Date   : Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:43:00 +0000
From   : nicolagiacobbe@... (nicola giacobbe)
Subject: USB to serial adapters and the BBC Micro

I am sorry if this question comes out a little OT but I couldn't think of
a better place to pose it.
Is there some way to automatically have the beeb using the serial port as
console at power-up?
I would like to control the beeb from remote but someone must send the switching
FX commands, I have reached the point where thinking of designing a keyboard
simulator or to control the machine via 1MHz bus seem a rational choice...


> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 00:16:38 +0000
> From: pete@...
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] USB to serial adapters and the BBC Micro
> 
> On 03/01/2015 23:48, Wookie wrote:
> > Has anyone used a FTDI USB to RS-232 serial adapter between a pc and a
> > Beeb ?
> >
> > Do they work ? and can you configure them for a slowish baud such as
> > 2400 or 4800 ? all I can see is 115Kbps.
> 
> The Beeb is one of the world's least fussy machines when it comes to 
> RS232-style connectivity, and the FTDI range are amongst the most 
> respected USB-to-serial range - few others handle all the handshake 
> lines correctly - so it should be a no-brainer.  I've not needed to use 
> one from laptop to Beeb, but I do use them on other machines at many 
> different speeds; normally 9600 or 1200, but they should do all the 
> standard speeds from 75 up, except probably not 110.  I assume you're 
> thinking of a COM232-PLUS module or one like it.
> 
> -- 
> Pete
> 
> Pete Turnbull
> 
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